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To: anthropocene_x
I had major intestinal surgery this past October which kept me in the hospital for 3 1/2 weeks and a rehab place for 5 1/2 weeks. I'm 71.

Hospital started me on fentanyl which didn't work, and then put me on oxycodone which definitely relieved the pain but made me have big time hallucinations.

Rehab place sent me home with an oxycodone prescription but I weened myself off of it thankfully. I now see how opiates can become addictive.

15 posted on 02/16/2023 9:32:59 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PROCON

Hospital started me on fentanyl which didn’t work, and then put me on oxycodone which definitely relieved the pain but made me have big time hallucinations.

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My wife had exact opposites of your experience, Fentanyl patches gave her extreme paranoia and hallucinations and opiates gave her some relief from pain while in physical rehab.


34 posted on 02/16/2023 11:00:24 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: PROCON

At 71, three years ago, I had a total gastrectomy but it was by a world class cancer surgeon. There was a button triggered opioid drip but I barely used it. I could not believe how little pain I had, Out of the hospital on day six,

My sternum to belly button scare is now invisible as well and It makes me think that the skills involved make all the difference.


65 posted on 02/17/2023 6:37:01 AM PST by KC Burke
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